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SAMUEL C. HUNTER, OF EAST HICKRY, @PENNSYLVANIA Letters Param: No. 71,488, dated November 2o, 18er.

IMPRUVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT fMAY CONCERN: i

Be itlrnown that I, SAMUEL C. HMUNTER, of'East Hickory, in the county of Forrest, State of Pennsylvania, have invented' a new and improved Seed-Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a `full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon` i .Figure shows my machine complete from the rear of the same. t AA are the wheels. 'B B are the falsewheels, fastened to the wheels AA by means of tha'clasps U U U,

`ns seien more fully in fig. 2. C C are the dropping-boxes. D D and E are the levers,`b y means of which the `dropping-boxes OAC are drawn together, as shown in iig. 4, so as to pnt -the machine out of gear, by taking the l'dropping-pins Q Q away from the eccentrics N N N, (seen more fully in figs. 2, 3, and 6,) allowing the wheels to turn without operating the droppers. F is a solid standard, fastened to the axle O, upon which the lever is fastened by means of the turning-bolt f. The lever E passes up in front of the seat K, where it can be easily worked by the operator. Gr is a clasp to keep'the lever E in place. H is an iron staple fastened in G, by ineans.

of which a roller maybe attached, ifmdesired. I I are handles to the covering-ploughs P P, which pass' through the'clasps TTT T, and come within reach of the seat K, where they can be raised `or lowered by the operator,

i as desired. `J J are the'legs to the seat K. L L are funnels, leading tothe grain-receiver d, 'as seen in` figs. 3`

and 16. M M are hinges, by means of which theV dropping-.boxes C C are hung'to the yaxle O. N N N N are the eccentrics, which are seen more fully in figs. Qand 3. O is the axle on which the wheels revolve. P P areV t the coveringploughs, and are fastened to the handles I I in such a manner as to follow immediately after the dropping-boxes C C so as to cover up the seed. Q Q are the dropping-pins, whicheare connected with the dropper V,'(seen in fig. 3,) and work upon the eccentrics NN N N. l l

' Figurel shows my machine with .one wheel oif, and the lever E set, thereby showing the machine in gear. Thisvew is also a' rear view. i

Figure 2shows au inside view of one of the wheels, in which A is the wheel itself.

i B is the false Wheel, to which the eccentrics are attached. N N N are the eccentrics. This wheel B is ay 4iiange--whet-il, and is seen more fully in iig'. 7. U- U U are casps, the'shape of which is seen in figs. and `These clasps are bolted to the wheel A in such a manner as to iit loosely on the angeof 'the false wheel B, so

as to allow the same to be turned easily by the hand, so the wheel can be placed in such a` position as to bring the eccentrics opposite those on the other wheel, so that both droppers will b e worked at the 'same time. This i i is necessary on account of the eeloentrics getting out of' position in turning the machine around. d is a catch, which fits in the notches e ac' to prevent the false wheel B from being revolved by the friction of the droppingpins Q Q on the eccentrics N N N. These notches are seen more fully in Figure 6, which is a transverse view of the'false wheel'B. A

Figure 'I is an end view of the. false wheel B.

Figure 5 is a. top view of my machine, showing the wheels A A, false wheels B B, axle O, seat K, funnels L L, plough-handles I I, and the clasps T T, the lever E and its clasp G, and the seat-beams J. v U d R is a catch,which holds the lever E so as to prevent the machine from getting out of gear. This is worked by the` foot of the operator. S is the pole.

Figure 3 shows a side view of my machine, with the wheel nearest removed. f This figure shows the wheel A, false wheel B, dropping-box C, with one side removed showing the internal arrangement of the same, the

axle O, plough P, plough-handle I, clasps T, staple H, funnel I., seat K, seat-beam J, `ecccntrics N N, clasps` U U, pole S. l

Figure 16 shows the internal construction of the droppingbox C, the same as seen in g. 3, iu which a is the seedbox. 4

V is the dropper. Q, the dropping-pin, which passes out throughthe slant e, shown in Figure 15, to` the ccc'ntrics N NN on the wheel B.; X' is a notch', out in the side of the dropper, shown more fully in gs.11 and 13;

Figures 11 and 18 also show the dropping-pin more perfectly. Y is a shelf, forming the bottom of the seed-box a. Z is a leather valve, which presses against the dropper V. The dropper is held up to the position shown in this (16) figure by meansof ari-elastic strap, W, shown in 5g.. 13. When the tvheel revolves, one of the eccentrics pulls down the dropper V by means of' the droppingpin Q, the leather valve-slides along it and prevents any of the seeds fromescaping, except what are lodged inl the notch X, which fall down through the spitce Za to the earth, and are covered by the ploughs P P. As soon as the dropping-pin Q slips o the eccentric N N, it is brought buck to its position bythe elastic strap W, and waits to be carried down by the next eccentric.

Figure 13 shows this dropper V in an inverted condition, showing the elastic strap W.

The stra/p W' is also shown in Figure 12, which is a back view of` thedropper V, and ailso an inverted one.

Figure 11 is also un inverted view of the dropper V, but zr front one showing the notch X, and also the dropping-pin Q. Y

Figure 1-1 is a bottom view of the dropper V, showing the attachment of the elastic 'strap W, the othei end of which is attached to the top of the dropping-box C, as seen in g. 3, where the' dropper is shown as pushed down by the dropping-pin on the eccentric.

i Figure 9 isa side view'of the hongo-clasp U, and

Figure 10 a. bottom View ofthe same. v

The funnels L L are seen in gs. 1i, 3, 4, and 5. These are placed in holes bored through the axle/Orso as to ll the seed-boxes a a. These funnels are removable at the pleasure of the operator.

This seed-planter can be used for both large and small grain, by, varying the size ofthe notch Xin the dropper V. This notch X or pocket is on a, separate block, and fastened to the dropper by means of a dovetail slide. v l

What I claim as my invention, :md desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, to wit 4 I claim the construction of a. seed-planter, with the dropping-boxes C C constructed as described, in combinntion with the lever E and the eecentrics N N N, and the false Wheel B and the coverng-ploughs P P, when the saune are constructed as described, in the aforesaid combination, for the purposes set forth.

r' SAMUEL C. HUN TER Witnesses:

A. B. RICHMOND, JNO. K. HALLOCK. 

